Elderly parents or relatives to care for and/or worry about? This is the place for you.

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Lip Gloss 26 Apr 9:54pm, 26 Apr 2024 75,347 posts	0 Lip Gloss Oh dear that is a very long day for C. Mrs Axe must be shattered. It must be hard trying to work out the genuine from the just wanting attention. OH only has his dad left but he stays a distance away but his two sisters are in the same village as him so he gets looked after rather well. He has a career come in too - twice a day I think. OH will go up there week after next as one of the sisters it off on holiday. We have a date to intern dad’s ashes. Will be quite awkward as there will only be the 4 of us and myself and my sister don’t talk to one of the brothers . Never mind it will be a very short time together.
Little Miss Happy 27 Apr 5:42am, 27 Apr 2024 7,128 posts	0 Little Miss Happy I hope C made it home at a reasonable time. Deep breaths and keep reminding yourself why you're there LG. Hopefully they'll behave appropriately.
Lip Gloss 3 May 10:54pm, 3 May 2024 75,467 posts	0 Lip Gloss Looks like we SSTC on dad’s house so that’s a step forward
GimmeMedals 4 May 5:47am, 4 May 2024 26,945 posts	0 GimmeMedals That’s great news, LG
Little Miss Happy 4 May 5:59am, 4 May 2024 7,142 posts	0 Little Miss Happy Hope it all goes smoothly LG.
LindsD 4 May 6:54am, 4 May 2024 67,765 posts	0 LindsD Great news
Mandymoo 4 May 7:26am, 4 May 2024 18,882 posts	0 Mandymoo Thats good LG
jda 4 May 7:44am, 4 May 2024 17,008 posts	0 jda That's good news LG.
The Pin Lady 4 May 8:07pm, 4 May 2024 1,518 posts	0 The Pin Lady Bit of advice please. Mum has lost 6lb's in 10 days but not intentionally. She has booked a GP's appointment but it is about 2 weeks away and a telephone one. She's 91. Should she be pushing for an earlier appointment or just see how it goes? She is well in herself and eating as normal, although she did say about 2 weeks ago that her appetite wasn't as good as it had been.
LindsD 4 May 9:55pm, 4 May 2024 67,772 posts	0 LindsD Did she tell the GP? I think I would push for sooner

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I thought I'd start a thread, as lots of us have elderly folks that we worry about/care for.

Useful info for after someone dies here (with thanks to grast_girl)
moneysavingexpert.com

Other useful links

myageingparent.com

moneysavingexpert.com

Who pays for residential care? Information here:

ageuk.org.uk

Advice on care homes and payment/funding

theguardian.com

Also: After someone dies, if their home insurance was only in their name, sadly the cover becomes void. But if the policy was in joint names, it will still cover the surviving policyholder (though the names on the policy will need to be updated).

A useful book of exercises for memory loss and dementia
amazon.co.uk

Pension Credit. The rules are a bit complex but if your elderly relative has some sort of disability (in this case dementia/Alzheimer's) and go into a home, they may be able to claim pension credit. So if carers allowance stops, it seems pension credit can start. It can also be backdated.

Fall alarm company, etc.

careium.co.uk

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